Among the impressive military fighter aircraft on display at the 2018 Singapore Airshow in February, were two of the first operational Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters to be based in the Asia-Pacific region....

North Korea’s ongoing ballistic missile testing highlights how important such rockets are to many modern military forces. Many have sizeable surface-to-surface missile forces intended for a variety of tactical and strategic roles. For these...

A formal decision on whether to proceed with the acquisition of the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton unmanned long endurance maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capability is expected to occur before the end of...

As air forces around the world embark on their transition to the so-called ‘5th generation’ capabilities of modern, highly-networked, platforms such as the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and their Chinese or...

The Royal Australian Air Force’s C-130J Hercules airlifters have quietly been undergoing a series of technology inserts in the last couple of years, which are designed to make the aircraft not only more survivable...

Australia has long built warships and submarines, albeit on a stop-go basis. However, the shipyard infrastructures for each new build and the associated skills developed during the construction phase have generally dissipated after the...

In July an Australian & New Zealand Amphibious Ready Group made history with the largest amphibious assault by Australian forces in 70 years. The event during Exercise Talisman Saber 2017, involved the embarkation of...

The successful prosecution of Anti-Submarine Warfare in the modern sense is very much a team effort, requiring a multi-layered capability of high end platforms along with close cooperation between the players. According to the...

It's a video that looks convincing — former U.S. president Barack Obama speaking directly to a camera and calling current U.S. President Donald Trump "a total and complete dipshit." But it never actually happened. The video was produced and voiced by director Jordan Peele and Buzzfeed to warn people of an emerging technology that can […]

The age of Big Data is upon us. And, as more data is available for analytical purposes, more sensitive and private information is at risk. As The 2018 Thales Global Data Threat Report notes, “The top Big Data security issue is that sensitive data can be anywhere – and therefore everywhere – a concern expressed […]

If you think cyber risk management is not the end of the world you are dead wrong, according to the federal government’s top adviser on these matters. Alastair MacGibbon thinks a potentially cataclysmic cyber security failure is “the greatest existential threat we face as a society today” and the relevant authorities have not been taking […]

Microsoft Office tools, particularly, the Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, have always enticed criminal hackers due to their popularity among the masses. A slight glitch or feature exploit can hence lead to massive cyber attack campaigns involving phishing and malware drops. Recently, a researcher discovered an attack method that exploits Microsoft Office PowerPoint for malware attacks.

Cyber hacking has grown more sophisticated over the past five years, from banking trojans and ransomware to today's main threat - cryptomining. Internet security firm Check Point's intelligence operations group manager Maya Horowitz explains how cyber attacks have evolved to Felix Todd. As the internet becomes an ever more prevalent influence on 21st century life, […]

Australian Defence Industry Minister Steven Ciobo has broken ground on TAE Aerospace’s new Turbine Engine Maintenance Facility (TEMF) in Queensland. Located in Bundamba, south-east Queensland, the latest turbine engine maintenance site will help support in-country sustainment of the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter jets.

The US says it will join Australia in developing a naval base in Papua New Guinea (PNG), in an apparent move to curb China's growing influence. Vice-President Mike Pence said the three countries would work together on the facility on Manus Island. Australia announced last month that it would work with PNG to develop the […]

Today’s sod-turning on the new Military Vehicle Centre of Excellence marks a new milestone for the Australian Army and the nation’s developing defence industry. Minister for Defence, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP said he was pleased to see the ongoing development of Australia’s Defence industry sector, and the key next step in the over $5 […]